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Table 1 Characteristic of study participants

From: The level of spiritual care competence of Polish nurses and the psychometric properties of the spiritual care competence scale (SCCS)

Socio-demographic variables

Test [n = 342]

Retest [n = 77]

M

SD

M

SD

Age

36,35

10,08

39,31

10,29

Job seniority

13,21

10,47

15,61

11,42

 

N

%

N

%

Sex

Male

312

91.0

71

92.2

Female

31

9.0

6

7.8

Place of residence

Urban area

210

61.2

46

59.7

Rural area

133

38.8

31

40.3

Education

Medical Secondary School

38

11.1

6

7.8

Bachelor’s degree in nursing

143

41.7

24

31.2

Master’s degree in nursing

162

47.3

47

61.0

Place of work

Medical treatment ward

89

25.9

25

32.5

Surgical ward

93

27.1

20

26.0

ICU

72

21.0

15

19.5

Ward without beds

20

5.8

3

3.9

 

Outpatient clinic

33

9.6

9

11.7

 

Hospice

22

6.4

1

1.3

 

Other

21

6.1

4

5.2

Religious affiliation

Catholicism

328

95.6

74

96.1

Protestantism

1

0.3

0

0.0

Orthodoxy

1

0.3

0

0.0

Other

1

0.3

1

1.3

Nonbeliever

12

3.5

2

2.6

Job satisfaction

Definitely yes

150

43.7

29

37.7

Rather yes

159

46.4

37

48.1

Hard to say

22

6.4

9

11.7

Rather no

10

2.9

2

2.6

Definitely no

2

0.6

0

0.0